Easy Backups

We recently switched from tape backups to Veeam for backing up our Virtual Servers. It is really nice not having to remember to switch tapes everyday, or have multiple failed backups every week. Veeam is extremely simple to use and setup new backup jobs.

What are the pros?

-Simple UI that is not over cluttered
-Easy step by step guidance to schedule new backup jobs
-Email alerts for failed backups

What are the cons?

-Backups fail if there is less than a certain amount of storage on the VM host machine, not the Veeam machine

What are the pros?

What are the cons?

Exceptional Product. Hit and Miss Support

Veeam Backup & Replication has been an exceptional backup product for as long as we've been using it. The price is reasonable. It is reliable. The support is sometimes questionable unless you get escalated high enough.

What are the pros?

Reliable. Easy to use. Reasonable cost.

What are the cons?

You don't always get what you need out of the support department. Also, unless you call in the magic time window, you're not going to get American support. It's kind of frustrating as it is incredibly difficult to understand them.

The ease of backuping and restoring VMware based environments

Amazing backup solution voor VM based environments. Restore features that enable you to restore files, emails and complete virtual servers in minutes.

What are the pros?

Most impressive for are the restore features. We were able to restore a complete on-premise SME/SMB DC for testing purposes in just less than an hour, made us really impress our customer that was used to a restore time of 1~2 days. Also, the fact that you not only can restore the whole VM but also emails and files within the backup. This enables us to help those employee that by accident deleted a little bit too much without any hazzle or extra software.

Why Wouldn't You Have It?

The interface is intuitive, it works great, the reporting is awesome. I can't think of a reason why you wouldn't use it. We're running it on top of DataDomain and the dedup and compression is perfect. We had it running in about an hour and there wasn't any intense training needed. That was what I needed since we have so many projects on the line, I can't afford to spend much time on implementation and training for new products. Plus, they have an agent to image physical servers.

What are the pros?

It's easy to use.

What are the cons?

Great Product

We were having more and more issues with Backup Exec and getting support since the Purchase by Veritas. We switched to selling Veeam and it has been great. Far fewer problems and support is terrific when we do need assistance. The CloudConnect feature is great for replicating to a cloud target.

What are the pros?

Veeam is great

Veeam is an excellent backup solution with great support. Very easy to set up and it just works. Once the backup job is configured, you basically set it and forget it. If you run into any issues support is there to assist.

Great Backup tool

I have been using Veeam Backups since using Vmware for our customers. The backups and storage support have been pretty solid. Backups of HyperV and Vmware server work well and integration with the OS work too.

Bad organisation

It has been over a year now since I abandoned Veeam and implemented Nakivo for my clients. And what a great year it has been. I contacted Veeam in October 2016 on behalf of one of my clients and was directed to a local partner. It took months to get the license, with the local partner claiming they had placed the order with Veeam, who in turn claimed they had not and ultimately washed their hands of the whole thing. Along the way the wrong licences were issued (hyper-v, not VMware). Veeam refused a refund claiming "we have processed the order on time once we received the licenses from the reseller" - The very same seller they recommended and appointed.During all that I went ahead and purchased Nakivo as we needed to back up the VM's. Since then I have implemented Nakivo at all of my SMB clients and saved a ton of money. Nakivo is just plain awesome and gives me Veeam equivalency at a fraction of the cost. Thank you Veeam! Read my comprehensive comparison to be posted shortly, over at the Nakivo reviews section on Spiceworks.

What are the pros?

Apparently the golden benchmark of virtualization backup

What are the cons?

Expensive and poor distribution chain, at least in my area. Not interested in taking responisbility for that distribution.

What are the pros?

One of the best backup softwares for virtual environment and clients

We are using Veeam since 2013 and we gone through few versions of Veeam. Since version 9 it's very stable, quick and since last configuration I didn't get any backup error in the last 5 months (have over 130 VMs, 7 VMWare hosts, many SQL servers). I am using Endpoint backup too and this one is perfect.

What are the pros?

- very good integration with VMware
- easy to configure
- sure backup
- easy updates on all proxies from single console

What are the cons?

Fantastic all-in-one solution to your backup needs

Veeam Backup & Replication is a solid product that just works. I've been using this since version 6 and it has never missed a beat. It is feature packed and can help you to design a sound backup & DR solution.

What are the pros?

I had just set up a new backup server & was using the free trial, when disaster struck. Fortunately, I had decided to test the reliability of their product by doing a backup & test restore of my domain controllers. I had set up the backups, but hadn't had time to do a test restore before everything came crashing down. The short story is that it worked beautifully! I was able to restore that DC to a temporary HyperV host server and get my network back up. Bacon saved! ...and with the free trial version no less.